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SOC/CP/286

TWO-DAY COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE BEGINS IN VIENNA WITH A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR MADRID VICTIMS

11/03/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/286


TWO-DAY COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE BEGINS IN VIENNA


WITH A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR MADRID VICTIMS


VIENNA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- A counter-terrorism conference organized by the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, began today with a minute of silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day.

SG/SM/9191/Rev.1*

CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S ‘GLOBAL VILLAGE’-- FEAR, WANT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OTTAWA CEREMONY

11/03/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9191/Rev.1*


CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S ‘GLOBAL VILLAGE’ – FEAR, WANT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION


MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OTTAWA CEREMONY


Following are Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving honorary degrees from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa on 9 March:


President Van Loon, Rector Patry, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen,

SAG/239

FAO LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR $4 MILLION FOR HAITI

11/03/2004
Press Release
SAG/239


FAO launches appeal for $4 million for haiti


ROME, 10 March (FAO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a $4 million appeal for Haiti yesterday for urgent farming inputs to restore agricultural production and improve the food security of the households worst-affected by the current crisis.


The crisis has further degraded an agricultural sector already weakened by years of poverty, the FAO said.  The agricultural sector faces:

SAG/238

UN AGENGY SAYS COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY BIRD FLU SHOULD NOT RESTOCK FLOCKS TOO QUICKLY, AS VIRUS COULD STILL BE CIRCULATING

11/03/2004
Press Release
SAG/238


UN AGENGY SAYS COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY BIRD FLU SHOULD NOT RESTOCK FLOCKS


TOO QUICKLY, AS VIRUS COULD STILL BE CIRCULATING


(Reissued as received.)


ROME, 11 March (FAO) -- Countries affected by the deadly avian influenza virus H5N1 should not restock their flocks too quickly to avoid the disease flaring up again, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.